Basically, Ive given it four points of gameplay value because it uses the Doom engine. With that set aside and figured in, the game receives -6 points for its blatant butchering of video games. The levels so large and spread out youll spend most of your time dashing across the place, trying to figure out where to go. Good thing theres a map, just hit tab. We can thank Doom for that. The enemies are also pretty superlame, things like balls of phlegm, phlegm in a flying suit, phlegm in a battle suit, you get the idea. They do an alright job of throwing a lot of enemies at you, and I enjoy it quite a bit when theres a lot of the Flemoids or whatever. Now, the weapons are odd, because you cant really call them weapons, because they dont really hurt anything, but hey. Hes got a spoon, some laser thing with a button, a bigger laser thing with a button, a laser chaingun, a laser plasma rifle, and a laser rocketlauncher. Theyre all about the same old crap that would be in any videogame like this. Booored already as I accidentally stumbled into a room full of programmers faces. I was going to post a screenshot of this one really weird looking dude, but it didnt work. Thats when I realized that this game was programmed to suck really bad so youd go eat some Chex instead.
Graphics: 7/10
Theyre colorful, it works well with whats going on, the weapons are designed neatly, and he holds his guns ambidextrous. Sometimes hes got stuff on the left, sometimes on the right, or even in the middle. Plus points for variety, I like that. Theres also Chex ads everywhere. This leads me to believe that the game was designed by some dudes and Chex bought it and stuffed all their corny goodness in the game. Its definitely Doom, the enemies have a few sides whereas everything else is 2-D. Always facing you. -3 points for lack of effort on some of the objects.
The music is nice and probably the most original part of this game. As for the sound effects, theres enough of them for me to not hate it, but they do get a little repetitive. This guy goes around humping walls in various pitch, but nothing else has much variety. -4 points for the lack of effort, again.
Overall: 5/10
The game was free then, and its free now. I guess there isnt much else to say, judging by the fact that this game came from a cereal box. It apparently increased their sales by over 200%, and its not a path that Ive seen many other companies take. It also won many awards due to the genius marketing campaign behind Chex Quest, but I can tell you right here that its all bull. The game is a like taking all of your favorite games and making them incredibly boring and not much fun at all. Pick it up from the link below. Or dont.
http://www.hotud.org/component/content/article/43-action/21348
Monday, January 19, 2015
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